Chris Jordan
400♦ ANGELS (Action) - Following Saturday’s 11-5 loss, I wouldn’t be surprised if Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire bused his team up Katella Avenue to Disneyland and had them trade their uniforms in for Drwrf uniforms at Disneyland. Dopey, Sleepy, Grumpy … pick a name, er, adjective, as the Twins’ mistake-riddled fourth inning saw the Angels put up nine runs on 10 hits.For the Halos, the inning marked the most hits in a single inning in 12 years, the most runs in one frame this season and the first time in franchise history three hitters had two hits in a three-out span.The Angels have now won eight straight games, while Minnesota is 1-6 in their past seven games and four in a row. And since the Twins will be playing their 10th straight games in as many days, Gardenhire’s cast of characters will be looking to get this series, and road trip, over with as quickly as possible.And for the Halos, they’re going to love completing the sweep to finish up their revenge-quest after the Twins took a three-game set in Minneapolis back in April. I’m not going to worry about listing any pitchers in this one, although I do think Anthony Swarzak is in a lot of trouble in this matinee.Looking deeper inside the numbers here, the Angels have won 21 of 27 and 23 of 31 contests on Sundays. Conversely, the Twins are mired in losing streaks of 1-5 against the American League West and 0-5 in Game 4 of a series. All Angels today.
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20* baltimore +1.5 runs
10* baltimore ml
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Chicago Cubs: -1.5 (+115) 3 units
*BP*Chicago Cubs: -180 5 units
LA Dodgers: -1.5 (+165) 3 units
LA Dodgers: -130 3 units
*BP*Boston Red Sox: -175 5 units
Orioles / Red Sox: Over pts: 10 2 units
LA Angels: -140 3 units
Atlanta Braves: -120 2 units
Boston Red Sox: -1.5 (+115) 3 units
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Brewers RL
Jays/Rays Under 9
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Boston RL –110 for 4 units
Boston has many advantages over Baltimore and they have been struggling since the all-star break and Baltimore is the team that Boston needed to see at home with them winning their last 10 games at home against them and 7 of 8 this season. On top of all of this we are getting the better pitcher in Lester on this hill whom is 8-7 this season with 3.87 ERA but has been pitching his best all season his last 9 games having 9 quality starts in a row. He is also 2-0 against Baltimore this season going 14 innings giving 0 runs. Guthrie will be on the hill for Baltimore today and he is 7-8 with a 5.12 ERA and is 3-4 with a 6.34 ERA on the road. In his only meeting against Boston this season he gave up 8 runs in 4.2 innings pitched. A couple of trends to consider is Boston is 32-14 at home this season while Baltimore is 15-33 away from home. Baltimore is 6-28 their last 34 games against Boston in Boston dating back a few seasons. With Boston hitting .277 against right handed starters at home and Baltimore is hitting .217 away from home against lefty starters. I think Boston is going to build momentum in this game and they have the better pitching from top to bottom in this game and if Boston can put some runs for support we will win this game with no problem today.
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Seattle and Cleveland Under 8.5 at –115 for 4 units
I believe we are getting a good spot for an Under today with both the first games going over with Cleveland getting the Over by them selves. The Pitching matchup today is Cliff Lee (6-9 3.17 ERA) vs. Vargas (3-3 3.82 ERA). We Cliff Lee that is 20-7-3 to the under in his last 30 starts on Sunday games. Vargas has never faced the Indians before and I believe that will help him today even though he has not started in 3 weeks. Lee has had very good success vs. the Mariners in the past with an ERA of under 3. Lee has had 9 quality starts out of his last 10 games. Seattle is 6-1 to the under on Sunday games their last 7. The Under is 10-2-1 against the AL Central their last 13 games overall. The Under is 39-16-2 in their last 57 games which is almost 70% rate. Now the Under for the Indians on Sundays are 45-11-3 in their last 59 games overall. I believe we are getting a good spot for a very low scoring game today in Seattle witch games at home only average 7.87 runs this year.
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#9 Kasey Kahne vs #16 Greg Biffle
Play: 3* #9 Kasey Kahne -150
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Last year in this race, Kasey Kahne finished 7th while Greg Biffle finished 8th. Greg Biffle has no wins, no Top 5 finishes and two Top 10 finishes in his 6 races here in Indy. Kahne has no wins, two Top 5 finishes and three Top 10 finishes in his 5 races here in Indy. Past two years, Kasey Kahne's average finish at track type - FLAT SUPERSPEEDWAY is 7.5. In 4 races, he has 1 win and 3 top 10 finishes. Kasey Kahne's average finish over the past 3 races is 9.3. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes. We'll play #9 Kasey Kahne to finish ahead of #16 Greg Biffle for 3 units today!
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I'm laying the price with the Astros on Sunday.
Big Al McMordie
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Washington Nationals over the San Diego Padres.
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100* Play Boston (-165) over Baltimore (TOP MLB PARLAY)
Baltimore has lost 16 of the last 17 road games vs. division opponents and they have also lost 20 of the last 23 games as an underdog of +150 or higher. Baltimore has lost 10 of the last 15 games when playing on a Sunday and they have also lost 18 of the last 27 day games. Boston has won 6 consecutive games vs. Baltimore at home and they have also won 26 of the last 37 home games when the total posted is between 8.5 and 10 runs.
100* Play Chicago Cubs (-180) over Cincinnati (TOP MLB PARLAY)
Cincinnati has lost 9 of the last 11 games and they have also lost 15 of the last 18 games as a road underdog of +175 to +200. Micah Owings has lost 8 of the last 10 road games and he is also 0-2 over the last 3 starts with an ERA of 9.00. Chicago has won 10 of the last 15 games when playing on a Sunday and Rich Harden is 3-0 vs. Cincinnati over his career with an ERA of 2.95.
100* Play Texas (-155) over Kansas City (TOP MLB PARLAY)
Kansas City has lost 12 of the last 14 games and they have also lost 11 of the last 12 games as a home underdog of +125 or higher. Kansas City has lost 10 of the last 12 home games in the month of July. Sidney Ponson has lost 7 consecutive games as an underdog of +150 or higher and he is also 1-6 in all games this season with an ERA of 7.63.
100* Play Arizona (-175) over Pittsburgh (TOP MLB PARLAY)
Pittsburgh has lost 18 of the last 25 games as an underdog of +150 or higher and they have also lost 16 of the last 22 road games when the total posted is between 9 and 9.5 runs. Pittsburgh has lost 11 of the last 15 games when playing on a Sunday and they have also lost 20 of the last 32 day games. Virgil Vasquez has lost 7 of the last 8 games and he is also 0-3 over the last 3 starts with an ERA of 7.07
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50* Play Sacramento (+5) over Washington (TOP WNBA PLAY)
Sacramento has covered the spread in 10 consecutive games coming off two or more non-conference games and they have also covered the spread in 14 of the last 19 games after having lost 3 of the last 4 games. Washington has lost 9 of the last 10 games against the spread coming off a home win and they have also lost 17 of the last 20 games against the spread vs. Sacramento.
Matt Fargo
9* Chicago Cubs -1.5 Runs
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Twins at Angels (RL)
Angels Santana 1 1/2 Runs Over Twins Swarzak
ANGELS (RL) - Since the middle of June the Anaheim Angels have been absolutely dominant. Since June 12 the Angels have gone 29-9 and are currently riding an 8-game winning streak and are 12-1 their last 13 games.Coming into today’s game we’re taking the Angels on the Run Line over the visiting Twins. On this current 8-game streak the Angels have beaten their opponents by an average of more than 3 runs per game (3.6).Over their last 13 games, the Angels have beaten their opponents by an average score of 7.6-4.5.Also, so far in this series against the Twins the Angels have won by an average of 3.3 runs per game. Consider too that Anaheim has progressively outscored Minnesota in each of the first two games in this series, winning Game 1 by a run, then Game 2 by three runs then winning yesterday by 6.On the other side, the Twins have lost each of their last four games by an average of more than 6 runs per game (6.2).Anaheim will continue their dominance and hand the Twins another embarrassing loss. Take the Angels on the Run Line easily in this one.
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San Diego/Washington under 8 1/2
Pittsburgh/Arizona under 9 1/2
Florida/LA Dodgers over 9
White Sox/Detroit over 9 1/2
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mlb. padres @ nationals under 8 runs & atlanta @ milwaukee under 8' runs( 500* 2 team parlay ).
mlb. washington-150 (30*)
mlb. angels-140 (20*)
mlb. milwaukee+110 (20*)
mlb. dodgers-130 (10*)
mlb. tampa bay-120 (10*) free play
Larry Ness'
20* PERFECT STORM
My 20* PERFECT STORM is on the Hou Astros at 2:05 ET.
When the Mets lost 3-1 Wednesday night to the Nationals, they had been held to one run or been shut out in 12 of 27 games since All-Star center fielder Carlos Beltran was placed on the DL on June 22. The team's record stood at 10-17 in that span (New York was last in the majors over that span with 81 runs and a .231 batting average), as the Mets fell 10 games behind the surging Phillies in the NL East. After a travel day on Thursday, the Mets came to Houston for a three-game road trip to wrap up a 10-game trip since the All Star break. Johan Santana got the start. The two-time Cy Young award winner took a career mark of 59-17 (2.67 ERA) in MLB's second half into the game, the best all-time winning percentage (.776) of any pitcher with more than 75 second-half decisions. However, the Mets lost 5-4, stranding 10 runners, while scoring fewer than five runs for the 15th time in their last 20 games. It dropped them to 2-6 on their current road trip, while getting outscored 38-20. Out of nowhere, the Mets snapped a three-game skid last night with a 10-3 victory over the Astros. New York matched its season high for HRs in a game (three), had 12 hits and reached 10 runs for just the THIRD time this year. Jonathon Niese, just recalled from the minors, pitched seven impressive innings while cruising to his second major league win. DO NOT expect a "repeat performance" this afternoon. The Mets placed Gary Sheffield on the DL prior to the game (strained right hamstring), leaving them yet another bat 'short.' On the mound will be veteran Livan Hernandez. He is coming off a solid outing in his last start (6-2 win over the Nats in which he went seven innings while allowing two ERs) but prior to that, Hernandez had gone 0-4 with a 7.46 ERA over his six previous starts (all NYM losses). Let's remember that Hernandez pitched for both the Twins (10-8 with a 5.48 ERA) and Rockies (3-3 with an 8.03 ERA) last year, allowing an incredible 257 hits over 180 innings. He won a spot in the new York rotation this spring and enters this game 6-5 with a 4.93 ERA overall in 18 starts (team is 8-10). He'll be opposed by veteran Brian Moehler of the Astros. Moehler began his career with the Tigers back in 1996 and from 1997-2000 won 47 games (at least 10 each year). However, he's struggled since then, not playing at all in 2004. He was a minor surprise last year (11-8) and in 2009 (his 13th big league season), takes a 7-5 mark with a 5.02 ERA (16 starts / team is 10-6) into this game. However, that hardly tells the whole story. Moehler is 6-2 with a 3.60 ERA over his last 10 starts (team is 8-2) and has been one of the mainstays of the rotation the last two months. The Astros went 42-24 in the second half of last season and this year began their second-half 'push' a little earlier, having gone 12-5 after July 4. That includes a three-game sweep of the Cards earlier this week, as the Astros enter this game just one game behind the Cubs and 1 1/2 games behind the Cards in the NL Central. The Astros head out on the road next week for three games at Wrigley and then three in St Louis, so a win here would be nice. The Mets are a dismal 20-31 on the road this year and off a major offensive outburst yesterday, figure to "revert to their current form" on Sunday vs a red-hot Moehler. Meanwhile, let's not forget that Hernandez was on a winless streak of six games (7.56 ERA) before he ran into the sad-sack Nationals (own MLB's worst record!) this past Monday.
PERFECT STORM 20* Hou Astros.
Good Luck...Larry
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